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Deborah Knowlin slowly limps to her kitchen table, favoring her left knee because her right one, she says, gives out frequently. Sitting down at the table, Knowlin snaps open a day-of-the-week pill box and empties Friday's contents into her right hand: a half-dozen pills. Knowlin, 54, used to take 13 medications a day to manage her long list of ailments, including Type 2 diabetes, back pain from four slipped discs, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, high blood pressure and depression. Her blood sugar dipped and soared when she first started feeling the effects of diabetes a couple of years ago. She would feel dizzy and lightheaded. Then she would go to the emergency department at...

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Deborah Knowlin slowly limps to her kitchen table, favoring her left knee because her right one, she says, gives out frequently.
Sitting down at the table, Knowlin snaps open a day-of-the-week pill box and empties Friday's contents into her right hand: a...

FARMINGTON — A local property group has proposed to tear down a 17th century building in order to develop the property for commercial use, but local historical groups say they opposed to the plan.Newington-based One Waterville Road LLC purchased the...

GLASTONBURY — Textile items like bed sheets, hats and slippers have been added to the list of recyclable material collected at the town's transfer station.The town — through its participation in the Central Connecticut Solid Waste Authority — has...

SIMSBURY — Dennis Golden, a former president and longtime member of the Metacon Gun Club, is CEO of IM-SAFE LLC, a training and education firm in Simbury specializing in personal safety and self-defense.The 70-year-old Simsbury man, who started his...

Smiths Detection, a major defense manufacturer, will move its Danbury operations to Edgewood, Md., its U.S. headquarters, in February 2015, a company spokeswoman said Friday.The company employs 130 people in Danbury and will provide outplacement and...

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Peyton R. Patterson, who gained statewide prominence a decade ago leading the conversion of New Haven Savings Bank into a publicly-traded company, has resigned from her current post as chief executive of a New Canaan-based lender, citing personal...

The parent of two of Connecticut's gas companies has run up a $20 million tab since March to tie up a deal to buy Philadelphia Gas Works, the nation's largest municipally owned gas utility.UIL Holdings Corp said Wednesday in regulatory filings that...

Voya Financial reported second-quarter growth on Wednesday, which included improvements in its Retirement, Investment Management and Individual Life segments.Net income for the quarter was $246 million, or 96 cents per share, compared with a net loss of...

The South Korean company that bought fuel cell operations from the bankrupt ClearEdge Power said it plans to make South Windsor its headquarters and hire more than a hundred workers by the end of next year.Doosan Corporation, the Asian industrial giant...

For the first time in 90-plus years, the Chicago Tribune is disconnected from the broadcast business.
Its corporate family has been broken up and the Tribune, the wellspring of an empire built on ideas and innovation, is no longer complemented by the...

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Profits at Northeast Utilities fell in the second quarter due to ongoing merger costs and a charge relating to a federal review of how much money is reasonable for it and similar companies to earn from transmission projects.Lower electric sales due to...

Health insurer Cigna Corp said on Thursday second-quarter profit and revenue both rose as it took in more health care premiums and fees from more customers in its commercial business.
Cigna's profit beat analysts' expectations, following a trend this...

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Aetna on Tuesday beat analysts' expectations for second-quarter earnings as the insurer had growth in membership, revenues and net income.Net income for the quarter was $548.8 million, or $1.52 per share, compared with $536 million, or $1.49 per...